Cheese-curd knife



Dec. 18, 1928. 1,695,761

J. H. HECKER CHEESE cum) KNIFE Filed June 15, 1.927

INVENTOR d H. HE'cKER 3 ATTORNEYS.

Patented Dec. 18, I V It i UNITE of jsi'r PATIENT giorr e I JOH H. BECKER, or GARDNEIWIL NEVADA.

cnnnsncunnxmrn H 2' Ap'plicati oin' filed June 15, [1927. snal 1%.. 199,052.

My invention relates to improvements in i The wire 9 is stretched. between the sides i cheese curd kni es, and it consists in the combinations, constructions and arrangements hereinafter described and-claimed. I

An objectof my invention'is to provide. a cheese curd knife which c ombinestwo'of the standard types of cheese knives into one, whereby the operator can cut the coagulum of milk into a plurality of cubes by merely moving theknifeacrossthc length of the vat a for 'dlvldingthe cheesecoagulum into long strips, and then moving the vertical knife "across the width of the vat for dividing the strips into cubes. Of course, the vat is larger in-area than the knife and the knife will have to be moved acrossthe vat a number of times n much the same 'inanneras a field is ploughed.

A further-object of my invention is to pros vide a device of-the type described in which the cheese .cutting means consists of a plural-x ity of fine wires orsteel blades so arrangedv that the cheese coagulum will be cut into small cubes when-the knife is moved through the clabbered'milk or coagulum in the manner just described.

A furtherobject of my invention is to pro vide a device of the type described, which is simple in construction-and which has novel means for keeping the wires taut.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel.- features of my invention willbe particularly 1. Figure 1.

pointed out in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application, in which- Figure 1 is aplan view of the device; Figure 2 is a section along the line 2 2 of Figure 1; I

Figure 3 is a section along the'line 3 3 of Figure 1; and 1 Figure 1, and Figure 5 are perspective 1 views ofportions of the 'device.

In carrying out my invention I provide a frame 1, consisting of side nembers 2, having a cross-sectional shape, as shown in'Figure 2, and end members 3 and 4c. Theend 3 is secured to the sides 2 by rivets 5, or other suitable fastening means, while the end-4' is.

secured to the sides 2 in the manner'shown in Figure 4:. It will be noted from this Figure that the sides 2 have notches 6 for receiving projections 7 carried by the end 4; Screws 8, see Figure 1, or other suitable fastening means secure the tongues in place.

' 2 and between the end 4, and a movable end 10; Reference to Figure 5 shows that the movable end l0hastongues 11 which are slidablyd sposedin slots 12 and that the end 10 is moved toward oraway from the end 3 by means of screws 13 and wing nuts p The wire is stretched between the ends :4

Figure 2clearly shows how the notches in the end '10 are staggered-with respect'to each other sothat the notches 17 in theupper edge. of the end aredisposedmidway between'the notches in the loweredge' This causes the -jThe Same arrangement iscarrled out inthe' ln this instance the w1re- 1 transverse wires. 7 is stretched from a point 18 and is Wrapped around the sides 2 and extends from-side to side across the top and bottom of the knife, as?

clearly shown in Figures 1 and 5. The" notches 19 in the sides 2 are arranged'in the;

same manner as the notches 17 thus causing the wire to extend at an angle, as clearly shown in Figure 3, when passing from the notches of the top of the knife, to the notches on: the bottom thereof. The other fastening means for theftransverse wire is shown-at 20, see

The sidesx2 are braced with respect to each other by transverse bars 21, which are provided with notches 22, similar to the notches V 17. The transverse bars 21 have trunnions 23 .rece'ivablein openings 24' in one of the sides 2 and have fork-shaped ends 25 adapted to receive the other side 2, see Figure 2.

4 7 From the foregoing description of the va- ,whlch-is cent to one side of the tank and the knife is moved longitudinally the entire distance of :the tank in making this cut. The knife is 1 then removed and again inserted so as to ranged so that the squares formed in the top of the knife :1 re intersected by squares formed in the bottom oi the knife, the result being a ty of squaresone-quarter the area of squares if found out from practice nall res should preferably be or inch long on each plura the la that t three-c side lJL 1 t distance i ay he varied without depart]n5;- i run the spirit or scope of: my invention. A he lrn e in being moved hacl z and the length of the cougululn into a plurality of strips square in cross section, V The w -i sisal lrn 'te i now used and moved tansversely to its 1'131'01 inovementand in doing this the operator erts the lrni're V81? ticallv into the vat adjacent to one corner thereof and then moves the knife in a parallel direction with the end. of the vat the plane of the kn ite extending at right angles to the end during this movement. hi ter this row has been completed the knife is removed and reinserted into the coagulum at a point adjacent to the first row and is again moved transver ey through the vat. This operation is reforth througno peated until the entiretanlr has been gone over. The result is the forming of a mulot the material.

tit-ude oi small cubes which permits the Whey or moisture to be removed from the material.

The cubes thus formed are more uniform than V sult of cutting; With the old type of knife are materially reduced, thus resulting in asaving Tl'ie principal ol ject the entire invention to prrwido a knife which Will make a ver- A cheese curd knife comprising a reotan-a gular portable frame, short in Width end reletivehg long in length a handle secured to the shorter end oitseid frame and a Wire an d a horizontal cut ing (hiring the 5531116- v-rrzspped transversely around said frame, and

then longitudinally around said fraine, the Wires crossing each other for making squares, the squares on one side of the knife being staggered with respect to the squares on-the opposite side for causing the knife to out strips one-quarter of the areaof said squares.

' JOHN H. HECKER. 

